The name of « Gilly » comes from the celtic « Gwilqui » which signifies horse, pasture, plain and « Ly » , water, river. So Gil-Ly, Gilly, designated fertile land, with lush grass where herds could graze beside the river. Indeed, many farms are located there since several centuries and developed agriculture and breeding. The cheese of Gilly carries on the tradition of local products.
The place of Gilly was in the past a property of the Abbey of Saint Germain des Prés in Paris, and the village has been given to the monks of Citeaux in 1299. The castle of Gilly was the residence of abbots : the domain included the church for inhabitants of the village and of Vougeot.

Gilly-lès-CîteauxChâteau de Gilly - Gilly-lès-CîteauxDuring the VIth century, the immense territory of Gilly, crossed by the Roman road which linked Chalon-sur-Saône to Langres, belonged to Eleu...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxEglise Saint Germain - Gilly-lès-CîteauxThe large church of Saint Germain belonged also to the neighbouring villages of Vougeot and Saint Bernard. It is named after Germain, bishop of Par...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxGrange de Saulx - Gilly-lès-CîteauxBuilt in the XIIIth century by the De Saulx family, then property of Cistercians in XVth century, it is sold as national treasure in 1789. Deux hun...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxLa chambre des jours - Gilly-lès-CîteauxThe pavillion on the south-west angle away from the father abbots dwelling was the courtroom of the Gilly tribunal. Above was to be found the...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxLa Vouge - Gilly-lès-CîteauxFrom the celtic « Voug, wog, Vog » : a source, river coming out of a hill or rock. The Vouge which crosses the châ...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxLavoir - Gilly-lès-CîteauxThe wash-house of Gilly-lès-Cîteaux is locatead at the edge of the Vouge, close to the church. It is covered with zinc plates, witch i...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxPavillon à la tourelle (ancien relais de la Poste) - Gilly-llès-CîteauxOriginally destined to house the officers of the Château, then the postmasters, i twas built by the Cistercians at the end of the XVIth ...

Gilly-lès-CîteauxPont Chevalier - Gilly-lès-CîteauxConstructed on the Vouge in 1679 and restored in 1770 by the state of Burgundy, it linked Gilly-les-Cîteaux and Flagey-Echezeaux.

Gilly-lès-CîteauxPresbytère - Gilly-lès-CîteauxBuilt in 1825, the presbytery owns, as the church, to the villages of Gilly-les-Cîteaux, Vougeot and Saint Bernard.